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RT @AEBaileyEpi: People like hearing about my research interests when I start talking about the role of West African funeral rites in Ebola…

RT @dcrcuk: *Hot off the press* @routledgem_andc DCRC researcher @StevePresence & co-editors Mike Wayne & @JackNewsinger have released Cont…

"Economists have drastically underestimated the dangers of climate change, using assumptions that are simply ludicrous" – A new paper by @ProfSteveKeen dismantles the sanguine forecasts of many mainstream economists. https://t.co/AgJs2ZEGq5 #ClimateEmergency @XRBristol

RT @argonne: Argonne’s Nicola Ferrier discusses how exascale computing will accelerate neuroscience research #exascaleday https://t.co/n0px…

Junior offspring and I were having a fab time learning about various thought experiments and then we got to Schrödinger's cat and it really freaked him out.

https://t.co/fUqk3nflVC

RT @BusinessSchools: Quant School: Department of Mathematics – UCL – MSc Financial Mathematics – https://t.co/wH5efpyqKE – @MathematicsUCL…

".. there now exists a robust body of research to show that when we experience distress… engaging in introspection can do 'significantly' more harm than good…"

https://t.co/VOzZneeWpd

When I was at primary school in Bristol in the 80s, the police introduced a scheme where if you found a policeman and told him your postcode you would get a sticker in a book. I can't remember what happened when you got 10, though… https://t.co/PgwOuHhwm9

RT @doug_parr: This is quite a conclusion to editorial from the historically pro-nuclear power Nature journal

https://t.co/bIYouvb9dk http…

RT @xkcd: Types of Scientific Paper https://t.co/crpSNv9Er5 https://t.co/ZOJYH6xyhF

RT @vaalsalya: "When you soak a child in shame, they cannot develop the neurological pathways that carry thought.’ Learning is much harder…

RT @keithfrankish: Panpsychism and the Depsychologization of Consciousness | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic -…

RT @ucu: Today, @officestudents confirmed that arts courses in English universities will have their subsidies slashed by 50%

This is an un…

@sophiejerrold – Myths and facts about getting an academic faculty position in #neuroscience

https://t.co/rVHh0GQrz4

In a new study, researchers show that if you want to build your cognitive resilience, surrounding yourself with people who pay attention to you when you tell stories or vent is an excellent strategy.

https://t.co/VNMsu5lCN0

RT @j_bettany: In a new study, researchers show that if you want to build your cognitive resilience, surrounding yourself with people who p…

I've been learning alot about the fight against corruption and organised crime recently. https://t.co/K0VwBfENAJ

“Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Economics”

Discussion: https://t.co/wzS62E2XpM

Paper: https://t.co/VwTib4om9A (pdf)

#Economics #EconTwitter

"We believe that what has happened is reflective of structural and societal attitudes towards relationships and sex education as well as art, culture and who is allowed to create and what we are allowed to engage with in the UK."

https://t.co/MjKXZuwsAz

#Bristol #Arts

"DeepMind attempted to mitigate harms by filtering sexually explicit content and implementing safety measures for their robotic systems. However, given that the paper did not discuss other mitigation attempts, harmful output is still a concern."

"…there is no known research on net-zero emissions goals and the proceeds of crime."

https://t.co/jbpJGMmtA3

RT @moneyscience: Academic economics, not exactly covering itself in glory. How often does this sort of thing happen?

https://t.co/788IIw…

New research finds that chaos plays a bigger role in population dynamics than decades of ecological data seemed to suggest.

https://t.co/lw64xRiMDE

A new theory in the journal Frontiers in Psychology claims to solve the hard problem of consciousness in a purely physical way.

https://t.co/OYKUR5jMz9

Not wanting to be a downer or anything but new research published in the Yale Journal of Industrial Ecology looked back at how things have gone since a 1972 report and concluded that we could indeed witness the collapse of civilization in the 21st century

https://t.co/RMGrOrMbb0

Last month, three Italian researchers were awarded an Ig Nobel prize for demonstrating mathematically that organisations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random.

https://t.co/epr2RqiB6l

RT @SteveStuWill: Psychologists have posited hundreds of cognitive biases over the years. A fascinating new paper argues that they all boil…

Really interesting. Is most published research wrong? Apparently.

https://t.co/HPOORP2Vog

There's a deep conflict between journal editorial policy which is about publication identity and quality, and a scholarly publisher’s – in this case @WileyGlobal – obsession with profit and standardisation. https://t.co/7WDSv3J9Dd